- JEDDAH: Sixteen Saudi and foreign teams are taking part in a freestyle parachute jumping championship that began near the fountain off the Corniche on Thursday.
The competition is being held to mark the return of Crown Prince Sultan to the Kingdom following a yearlong foreign trip for treatment and recovery.
The teams have completed three rounds of competition in jumping to targeted spots. They will also compete in making aerial formations. Teams from Jordan, Morocco, Oman, the UAE and Saudi Arabia participated in the aerial acrobatics.

